What is CVE-2023-46981?

CVE-2023-46981 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xxyopen Novel-Plus, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-11-05.

How severe is CVE-2023-46981?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Xxyopen Novel-Plus

CVE-2023-46981

SQL injection vulnerability in Novel-Plus v.4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted script to the sort parameter in /common/log/list.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2023-11-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xxyopen Novel-Plus — versions 4.2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

github.com/JunFengDeng/Cve-List/blob/main/novel-plus/20231027/vuln/readme.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-46981?: CVE-2023-46981 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xxyopen Novel-Plus, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2023-46981?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.